Activity

ESL Airport Vocabulary

In the modern era, air travel is super common and so ESL students will naturally want to know how to talk about it. The thing is that many of these words are not naturally occurring in our daily life. You can’t point to a part of the classroom and explain “checking in” or “security.”

When I taught my Chinese ESL students about airports, I made this PPT in order to explain everything for them. It uses some pictures that make it very clear what is being referred to. You can feel free to download it and use it in your classroom.

This PPT offers some great ESL airport vocabulary for intermediate English learners. It works very well for introducing important language in the following areas:

at the airport
on the airplane
people who work there
what you must remember (ie passport and boarding pass)

Airport ESL Vocabulary from David Wills

For a more advanced lesson, see here.

David S Wills

I am a writer, editor, and educator. I have written various books on mid-20th century American writers and a few on grammar and IELTS preparation. I have been in the education field since 2008 and have worked in various countries. I started this website to share some ideas and resources to help my fellow teachers.